At our way from Grand Teton National Park to our holiday home in the Buffalo Valley we pass an aerie of an Osprey. At the first afternoon we passed there, we saw the Osprey sitting on an old tree near the road. One day later my wife Astrid want to paint the fantastic view over the Buffalo Valley, so my son and myself decided to go »on eagler hunt« with our cameras.
»In early morning hours at String Lake. The water of the narrow lake is dark blue in front of us, it is mirrorless because there is no wind blowing. The majestic peaks of the Teton mountain range are perfectly reflected in it.
We enjoy the moment very much, especially because at this time we are almost alone on the trail. We see only another photographer on the lake shore, who also enjoys the view to the Tetons.«
In early morning hours we started to Jenny Lake. At August it’s high season in Grand Teton National Park and we’ve read in all hiking guides to be before 9:00 A.M. or after 4:00 P.M. at the trailheads. We also know, that the hike around Jenny Lake is one of the most loved ones. You are hiking with a terrific view to the Teton Mountains!
For us, this hike was something special, but more at the end of this post.
After our first week in the Teton Valley west of the Teton Range, we switched over into the Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). We drove over the Teton Pass and went on to the Snake River at Schwabacher’s Landing. It was an amazing spot, even we had to wait that the clouds clear up. But after that the view to the Tetons with their mirroring in the Snake River was even more dramatic. We missed this cloudy weather the following days, but a clear sky was even better than the mist from the wildfires just a few weeks later!
At the end of a wonderful and cloudy but most of the time clear days we had a fantastic golden hour. Due to the dry grazing land the gold was even more visible. Just a week later we had the same light as we drove on the highway through the great plains within the Grand Teton National Park. Sadly we couldn’t take any picture!
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In the Teton Valley are so many properties that has grazing land for horses around there wooden houses. They are usually fenced with simple natural fences, as we have seen them again and again in the national parks.
And, of course, many Americans have a flag pole in the garden. I had to capture these typical features for Idaho and the USA in a few pictures.
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The Teton Valley lies to the west of the Teton Range. Our vacation home had a fantastic view across the valley with every day changing clouds on the sky.
One day we had fantastic rain clouds that hanging over the Teton Range. In the post image you could see the Housetop Mountain in the center of the mountain range.
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